The home Swans Island Blankets partners, Susan and Rufus Williams, was recently featured on the blog Design*Sponge. Swans Island Blankets has been a client of the Vega Project for several years now. You can really get a sense of how their love for craft, and their personal design aesthetic translates from their home to their blankets.
We will be bringing Project M to Detroit MI on August 26th which we are very excited about. Until then I'll be randomly posting inspirational pieces about Detroit. I thought the Heidelberg Project would be a great starting point. Began in 1986 by artist Tyree Guyton, it's an outdoor, block long, year round, urban art exhibit. There really is no place like it. If you have suggestions for future postings send us a comment.
The White House selected a shamrock green blanket throw made by our client, Swans Island Blankets of Maine, as one of the gifts for the delegation from Ireland meeting on March 17, 2009, given by First Lady Michelle Obama. The throw is made from the finest wool, from yarn spun in the United States and woven on American made hand looms in the traditions of our fore fathers. Even the custom box it is presented in is made in the USA.
When they got the call, the blanket was still on the loom. Jumping to action, the blanket was finished to their specifications, cut off the loom and hemmed in Swans Island signature silk hem. A custom tag was made for the blanket stating, “Custom Designed for Michelle Obama”.
LaCie recently released a new USB device — iamaKey. It comes in 4GB (17.99) and 8GB (27.99) models, and can be used with both PC and Macs.
This was one of the shortlisted projects from Design Booms' green earth competition. Designers were to create a graphic artwork that illustrates environmental protection and how we can coexist with nature in a greener way.
At the Chanel 2009 Spring-Summer Couture show, the ambiance was created by life sized monochromatic paper garden sculpture. A breathtaking white mat to showcase beautiful work. According to Chanel's press page, The sculptures totaled 7000 handmade paper flowers, which took a total of 4800 hours of work to assemble.
